Diversity Quote by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss that.

— Dawn Richard

I'm not trying to dog any artist or genre, but to me, there is a lot of diversity missing from the radio. I miss…

— Maren Morris

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

— Adam Rich

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way…

— Rufus Wainwright

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.

— Matt Smith

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw…

— Anonymous

On the whole, it bums me out that lyrics seem to be written as afterthoughts nowadays. Not sure why this is, but hopefully things…

— Wooden Wand

Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but…

— Stephen Malkmus

It's rare when I feel like I can extract a lyrical message out of combining two things together.

— Girl Talk

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

— Geddy Lee

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

— Jim James

So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.

— Conor Oberst